Visual Arts
‘Parade of Spirits’ exhibits the shadows of holiday season
The 2019 march celebrated Krampus and folk traditions in Philadelphia with elaborate costumes and noisemakers.
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Virtual reality meets industry reality at Philly universities
Drexel and University of the Arts each open virtual reality studios, for art and industry
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Native American comic artists tell story of 1763 massacre of Conestoga tribe in Lancaster, Pa.
“Ghost River,” commissioned by the Library Company of Philadelphia, tells the story of the 1763 slaughter of Conestoga from the perspective of the tribe.
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Costumes from Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ boost attendance at Winterthur Museum
Winterthur Museum is the only place in North America you can see award-winning costumes from Netflix’s "The Crown."
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‘Forbidden Art’ from concentration camps opens at National Liberty Museum
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of liberating the German concentration camps, the Philly museum displays art created in secret by prisoners.
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Listen 4:41Weaving redevelopment at the Navy Yard
Industrial artists Numen/For Use spin a cocoon of suspended tunnels inside an unused warehouse.
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Capturing your life, stitch by stitch: The art to wear movement on display at Philly art museum
“Off the Wall” shows 50 years of artists making work for the body.
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Survivors’ tales part of the art in Superstorm Sandy exhibit
The "Just Beachy After Sandy" exhibit at Monmouth University in New Jersey is on display through early December.
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Art Museum exhibits designs for both utopian and dystopian futures
The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s “Design for Different Futures” is “frenemies” with technology.
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Neon monument to Philly’s Indigenous history glows again
After it was vandalized and damaged while on display during Monument Lab, Duane Linklater’s “In Perpetuity” was relit for Indigenous People’s Day.
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Lightbox Film Center finds new home at UArts
Philly’s only year-round art cinema is forced to move out of International House. It was snapped up by the University of the Arts.
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At Girard College, ‘Back and Song’ showcases forgotten history of African healing arts
Philadelphia Contemporary commissioned Bradford Young and Elissa Blount Moorehead to make visual poetry out of traditional African wellness practices.
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Listen 1:53The lasting legacy of Bob Ross and his colorful world of ‘happy accidents’
Over 31 seasons and more than 400 episodes, Ross became known for his hushed, soothing tones, big bushy hair, vivid landscapes and "happy little trees."
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Before he animated for Disney, he sketched cartoons in an internment camp
Willie Ito, 85, wanted to be an animator from the moment he first saw Snow White in theaters as a young boy.
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Celebrating ‘Notorious’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Philly Jewish museum
Philadelphia’s museum of American Jewish History opens an exhibition about the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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